pantaloons

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)bor.

Spanish Pantaleónder.

Italian Pantaloneder.

French pantalonbor.

English pantaloon

English pantaloons

From pantaloon.

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Noun

pantaloons pl (plural only)

1. An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.
   • 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 19:

     But the truth was, her pantaloons came down to her ankles, and when she got the leg of one caught in a twig, she nearly fainted[.]

Derived terms

• pants
• panty/panties
• pantyhose

Related terms

• pantaloon

Translations

an article of clothing covering each leg separately

• Catalan: calces (ca) m pl, pantalons (ca) m pl
• Czech: dlouhé kalhoty f pl, hatě (archaic)
• Galician: calzas f pl, pantalóns (gl) m pl
• Greek: παντελόνι (el) (pantelóni)
• Manx: troosyn çhionn m pl
• Sicilian: càusi (scn) m pl

Noun

pantaloons

1. plural of pantaloon